Siege of Cosentia (271)

The Siege of Cosentia occurred in 271 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century. Lucius Terentius Bulbus' Legio V Graeca crossed the Adriatic Sea from Greece to invade central Italy, which was loyal to the pretender Quintillus. The legion first laid siege to the city of Cosentia in Calabria, facing a much smaller garrison army; the legion assaulted the city and took it with just 63 losses. Cosentia's fall was the fourth pincer of the invasion of Italia by Aurelian's legions during the war against Quintillus.